İZMIR. Altay prevails over Giresunspor 1-0 after M. Uluç  scored just 1 goal (24′).

The match was played at the İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu stadium in İzmir on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Mehmet Ali Özer with the assistance of Oğuz Terzi and . The 4th official was . The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.86 degrees Celsius or 62.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Altay was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Giresunspor that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Giresunspor was putting more pressure with 41 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Altay succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Altay shot 10 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Giresunspor shot 14 times, 1 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Altay received 3 yellow cards (Özgür Özkaya, Salih Sarıkaya  and Ceyhun Gülselam). On the opposite side, Giresunspor received 2 yellow cards (Fatih Yılmaz and Mehmet Keskin).

Standings

After playing this match, Altay has 15 points to hold in the 17th place. On the other side, Giresunspor will stays with 7 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Altay will play away with Ümraniyespor on the 2nd of March with a 4-4 head to head statistic.

Giresunspor will host Adanaspor on the 2nd of March with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Giresunspor (7 draws).

Altay – Formation

Altay started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Cüneyt Biçer decided to play with the following team: Ozan Özenç (7.0), Salih Sarıkaya  (7.7), Kuban Altunbudak (7.7), Sefa Özdemir (7.5), Özgür Özkaya (6.8), Onur Efe (6.8), Ceyhun Gülselam (7.0), Murat Demir (7.0), Mehmet Gündüz (6.4), Eren Erdoğan (7.3) and Murat Uluç  (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Yusuf Tekin, Mehmet Onur Yildiz, Enes Yetkin, Ali Kızılkuyu (6.4), Tugay Gündem, Caner Baycan, Arda Gezer (6.7), Enes Öğrüce (6.8), Mustafa Çalışkan and Nurettin Küçükdeniz (6.4).

Altay could not rely on the presence of Nurettin Küçükdeniz (injured).

Substitutions

Altay made 5 changes: Onur Efe for Enes Öğrüce (46′), Murat Uluç  for Nurettin Küçükdeniz (68′), Murat Demir for Arda Gezer (79′), Mehmet Gündüz for Ali Kızılkuyu (79′) and Eren Erdoğan for Tugay Gündem (90′).

Player of the match: Salih Sarıkaya ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Altay was Salih Sarıkaya  even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.7 with 42 passes (57% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Giresunspor – Formation

Giresunspor started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Serhat Güller played with: Erkan Anapa (6.8), Ertuğrul Şenlikoğlu (7.0), Mehmet Keskin (7.1), Kadir Seven (7.1), Fatih Yılmaz (7.0), Faruk Can Genç (7.5), Talha Ülvan (7.5), Furkan Kütük (7.0), Alperen Köşker (6.6), Şahin Dik (7.5) and Mert Kurt (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ali Akçay (6.4), Göktan Cörüt, Arda Kılıç , Muhammet Turhan (6.4), Şenel Hami Aydemi (6.8), Alperen Duman, Emre Nizam, Enishan Ceylan (6.8) and Ahmet Kara.

Substitutions

Giresunspor made 3 changes: Alperen Köşker for Enishan Ceylan (46′), Mert Kurt for Muhammet Turhan (79′) and Talha Ülvan for Ali Akçay (79′).

Player of the match: Talha Ülvan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Giresunspor was Talha Ülvan.

His rating is 7.5 with 19 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. Lig.​

• Altay – Giresunspor – 1-0